COMMONWEALTH v. WEGRZYNIAK


441 Pa. 249 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Wegrzyniak, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Taylor B. Coffroth, for appellant.

Alexander Ogle, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, January 7, 1971:

On July 3, 1965, Louis Wegrzyniak was convicted by a jury in Somerset County of murder in the second degree. No post-trial motions were filed, and a prison sentence was imposed. No appeal was entered.

On April 5, 1966, Wegrzyniak filed a petition seeking post-conviction relief which the trial court dismissed without conducting an evidentiary hearing. An appeal from that order is now before us.

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